[Tickets·Data] North American box office "Frozen 2" dominates the Thanksgiving weekend, "Knife Out" is eye-catching

The North American Thanksgiving file in 2019 officially ended. The five-day long weekend holiday market produced US$262 million, which was 16% lower than the record high of US$315 million in the Thanksgiving file last year. The biggest winner of the gratitude market is certainly not the Disney animation sequel "Frozen 2". The film swept through three days on the weekend and collected nearly 86 million U.S. dollars. The box office for the five-day holiday reached 125 million U.S. dollars, breaking without any suspense. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" has kept the box office record of Thanksgiving for many years. The film has also made great strides in overseas markets, and the global box office has surpassed the 700 million US dollar mark at an extremely fast rate.

Lionsgate’s black suspense movie "The Blade Out" opened the weekend for nearly $27 million, and was the runner-up at the box office of the airborne weekend. The film Thanksgiving file earned nearly $41.5 million over a five-day long weekend, making it the most outstanding non-sequel film to be drawn this year.

Although the popularity of the Thanksgiving file is almost worse than that of the same period last year, the performance of "Frozen 2" and "Blade Out of the Sheath" are both impressive, and the market is still hotter than expected. On the 48th weekend of 2019, the top ten films on the box office list totaled US$167 million in gross box office. The weekend market fell 12% from the previous month. This is a 58% increase from the same period last year when "Invincible Destruction King 2" won the championship (US$106 million). In the last week of November, "Queen Aisha" played the role of rescue. The 11 market finally only slightly regressed year-on-year, and the monthly box office exceeded the $1 billion mark for the fifth consecutive year. As of Sunday, the total box office in North America in 2019 has officially exceeded the $10 billion mark. Although the annual box office still lags behind the same period last year by about $600 million, it has recorded a 4.4% increase compared to 2017.

At the beginning of December, the market will continue to rely on the support of old movies, and the real good shows will have to wait until "Game of the Brave 2: Fighting the Peak" and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" in the Christmas file. According to preliminary estimates, the total box office in 2019 is expected to exceed the $11 billion mark again.

The animated sequel "Frozen 2" produced by Disney Animation Headquarters is without suspense being the biggest winner of this year's Thanksgiving file. This sequel, which is six years apart from the previous one, will be released in 4440 theaters during the second weekend. It will receive 85.98 million US dollars for three days on the weekend and 125 million US dollars for the five-day long weekend holiday. . Just looking at the three days of the weekend, the film only dropped 34% compared to the opening weekend, and it was one of the few movies with the lowest drop in the next week in the opening over 100 million. Ten days after its release, the princess animation North America directed by Jennifer Leechris Barker's "Husband and Wife" returned to the theater has collected a total of US$289 million, and will soon become the second animation film with a box office of over US$300 million this year (not counting "The Lion King"). The film has easily exceeded the final box office of Disney princess animations such as "Tangled" and "Moana".

"Frozen 2" became the second Thanksgiving long weekend box office after the "Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire" to break 100 million yuan, raising the latter's Thanksgiving box office record (110 million US dollars) by nearly 15% . Among the animated films, "Frozen 2" is second only to "The Incredibles 2" in the ten-day cumulative box office. The latter, released in the summer archive, is currently the only work with a box office of 600 million US dollars in North America. The box office of "Frozen 2" at the second weekend is still much higher than the first week of the first "Frozen" ($94 million in five days). It is expected that its final box office will hit more than $450 million, and it is not even ruled out that it will hit $500 million. possibility.

"Frozen 2" also continued to advance in overseas markets, with another US$165 million in overseas weekends, and the cumulative overseas box office has reached US$453 million. The film was sold for $13.7 million in the first week of Russia, creating the highest performance in animation history, and it was also far ahead of previous works in Italy and Australia. In the old market, the film's momentum in the Japanese and South Korean markets has not diminished. The cumulative number of people in Korea has reached 80% of the previous film, and Japan broke the record of single-day people in film history the next Sunday. As of Sunday, the film’s global box office has reached 742 million U.S. dollars. There is no doubt that it will break through the 1 billion U.S. dollar mark before the opening of "Star Wars 9", becoming the sixth film that the distributor Disney has broken through this year.

The Thanksgiving movie market is usually dominated by family movies. Last year, "Invincible Destruction King 2" dominated the Thanksgiving stage with a long weekend (five days) of nearly $85 million, while "Quaid 2" and "Fantastic Beasts: The Grindelwald" Three films including Sin and the Green Haired Grinch also earned more than $42 million during the holidays. The performance of the several films in the Thanksgiving file is obviously more balanced than this year. Look at todayAlthough "Frozen 2" was released a week earlier than other Thanksgiving cartoons, but the next week's gold attracting power was stronger than that of "Destruction King 2" in the first week, which also made the living space of other new films relatively narrow. Even so, Lionsgate's new film "Knife Out of the Sheath" still achieved a relatively eye-catching result.

"Knife Out" is a black humorous mystery film written and directed by Ryan Johnson. The director's upper work is the super IP "Star Wars 8: The Last Jedi." Prior to that, Johnson had also directed a small and medium cost science fiction film such as "Loop Messenger", which received a $30 million investment in exchange for a huge box office performance of over $120 million. The style of "Knife Out" is completely different from the director’s previous two works. The film is a tribute to the mystery master Agatha Christie. The story tells that the wealthy crime novelist Harlan Sloby invited on his 85th birthday. His family went to his mansion, hoping to reunite them. On the second day of his birthday, Harlan was found to be a bizarre "suicide" by his family. Detective Benoit Blanc came to investigate the case, and everyone in the family became a suspect.

"Knife Out" has a strong starring lineup, and the audience can see "James Bond" (Daniel Craig) vs. "Captain America" ​​(Chris Evans) for the first time. The film was officially opened in 3,461 theaters the day before Thanksgiving (Wednesday). On that day, it won a box office of 8.46 million U.S. dollars (including 3.7 million U.S. dollars in advance), second only to the most popular "Frozen 2". The early stage of the film consists of two parts, of which US$2 million is the fan field during the previous weekend’s evening, and the remaining part is the show that starts at 7pm on Tuesday night. The film received another US$6.17 million on Thanksgiving Day, which was a rise from the first day after deducting the advance field. The trend is quite good.

"Out of the Sheath" received another $10.7 million on "Black Friday", which expanded its lead over other films in a single day. The film received another 10.31 million US dollars and 5.76 million US dollars on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, and finally gained 41.41 million US dollars in the first five days, far better than the market's expected 35 million US dollars. Only counting the three days of the weekend, the film also scored 26.77 million US dollars, almost the same performance as the new version of "Murder on the Orient Express" ($28.7 million in the first weekend) released two years ago. Of course, the latter was filmed on a regular Friday. , Did not release energy in advance two days after "Thanksgiving". In this year's original films, the film's opening score is second only to the thriller "We" ($85 million in the first five days) and Quentin's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" ($51.4 million in the same period). The

film was launched simultaneously in more than 50 overseas markets, and the first week was $29.5 million, of which my country's mainland market contributed nearly half. As a non-IP, non-sequel movie, the film reached 70.9 million US dollars in the world's first week of box office, and its performance is quite good for a medium investment of 40 million US dollars. The sci-fi film "Predatory City" released at the end of last year by MRC (Media Rights Capital Corporation), the producer of "Blade Out", has caused a huge loss of US$175 million. I believe that the good box office performance of this film can make the capital back a little. The

film got an "A-" in the CinemaScore survey, and the IMDb fan score reached 8.1 points, and the audience's reputation was quite good. In the first weekend of the film’s audience, men accounted for 51%, and people over 25 accounted for 68%. Young audiences were weak in mobilization. Based on its achievements and reputation, the North American film will eventually easily exceed the US$103 million in Murder on the Orient Express, and its global box office is expected to hit US$250 million.

"The Knife Out of the Sheath" has been widely praised by media critics, and has also been successfully selected as "Times Magazine's Top Ten Films of the Year". The 283 media included on the Rotten Tomatoes website gave the film a very high praise rate of 96%, with an average of 8.34 points (out of 10); the 50 authoritative media included on the MetaCritic website gave an average of 82 points, which was similar to the "Star Wars" 8" (85 points) and "Loop Messenger" (84 points) are not far apart. The commentary praised: "The film tells a modern murder full of surprises and fun. Johnson wrote the most interesting script of the year"; "The entertainment provided by the film is clever and full of wisdom, which is what true movie lovers expect "The Queen and the Skinny", another strong new film that

started painting last week is the feature film "The Queen and the Skinny" produced by Universal Pictures. This film is a feature-length debut of black female director Melina Masukas. The story tells a story.The black men and women "Queen" and "Skinny" first dated, and they were stopped by the police while driving; the development afterwards was completely different from "Escape from Death": the two killed the police officer for self-defense and then Start desperately together. The main creators hope to explore American society and politics through this love story, which is described by screenwriter and producer Lina Witte as "the art of protest." The

​​movie starred by the black star Daniel Kaluya ("Escape from Death", "Black Panther"), the main audience is undoubtedly the African ethnic group, the proportion of African descent is close to 60%. The film was officially opened in 1625 theaters on Wednesday, and the first day including the early field harvest was only 1.74 million U.S. dollars, and the performance was no match for the old film "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" ranked fifth. This alternative romance film expanded to 1,690 theaters on Friday, and it received a box office of $4.31 million that day, a 148% increase from the first day of the painting, and the trend can be described as unique. According to data from the publisher, the film’s gratitude file earned US$16 million in five days, and its performance basically met the market’s more optimistic expectations, and it almost evened its US$17 million cost line.

"Queens and the Skinny" opened the weekend female audience accounted for 51%, and the audience over 25 years old accounted for up to 61%. The audience portraits are similar to other works focusing on "African Americans". The film received an "A-" score in the CinemaScore theater survey, with a popcorn index of 93% and a good reputation among the audience. Although such "all-black" lineup works usually do not have great stamina, the North American box office of this film is still expected to hit more than 40 million US dollars, and it should not be too difficult to return. The media evaluation of the

film is also pretty good. The 93 media included on the Rotten Tomatoes website received 84% praise, an average of more than 7.5 points, and the rating is slightly higher than the black biopic "Harriet" in the previous few weeks. The 34 authoritative media included the film on the MetaCritic website scored an average of 74 points. Media comments pointed out: "The film has a free and easy style, is powerful and provocative, and the theme of escape and love has timely and profound connotations."

Foss (Disney)’s biographical drama "The Speed ​​Car King" was added to 3585 theaters on Thanksgiving weekend, and then took 13.17 million US dollars in three days, retiring to the third place at the weekend box office. The film, directed by James Mangold, director of "Wolverine 3", only dropped 16% from the previous weekend. The CinemaScore score of "A+" finally started to show off, and it also succeeded from the impact of "Frozen 2" Blood back. The historical feature film co-starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale collected US$19 million during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday, and the cumulative box office reached US$81.03 million during the 17-day release. It is expected to exceed the US$100 million mark before Christmas. . According to the current trend, the final box office in North America is still expected to hit US$120 million. This film has collected 62.75 million U.S. dollars in overseas markets. The global cumulative score has risen to 144 million U.S. dollars, and the final landing point will easily exceed 200 million U.S. dollars.

Sony Pictures’ new work "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" was released in 3235 theaters the next weekend, and another $11.78 million was collected in three days. It performed slightly inferior to the new film "The Queen and the Skinny" and ranked fifth on the weekend. The film starring two-time Oscar actor Tom Hanks is only down 11% from the opening weekend, which is obviously also a Thanksgiving holiday bonus. Ten days after its release, the North American box office of this biopic based on real events has reached 34.29 million U.S. dollars, which has easily exceeded the 25 million U.S. dollar cost line. The film was shot by the female director Mariel Heller, and its entertainment has been unanimously recognized by media critics. The Rotten Tomatoes praise rate is as high as 96%. Preliminary estimates indicate that the final destination of the film in North America will reach over 60 million US dollars. The film has not yet opened in overseas markets, and it is optimistic that its global box office is expected to exceed 100 million US dollars. The crime action thriller "21 Bridges" released by STX Pictures continued to be shown in 2,665 theaters the following weekend, and it won another $5.59 million at the box office and was squeezed out to the sixth place on the weekend rankings. The film produced by the "Avengers 4" director Russell Brothers fell 40% from the opening weekend, and the trend is fairly stable. Ten days after its release, the North American box office of the film starring "Black Panther" Chadwick Bosman was only 19.22 million US dollars, which is quite a long way from the cost line. This film with a style similar to "The Insider" and "Death End" has only received a total of 6.1 million US dollars in overseas markets, and it seems that it wants to recover 33 million.The dollar cost will not be too easy. It is worth mentioning that Huayi Brothers participated in part of the investment in this film, but the news of the introduction has not yet been confirmed.

Paramount’s comedy "Fire Daddy" was cut to 2,679 theaters on weekends, and it received $4.22 million in three days, relegating to seventh place at the weekend box office. This new work, directed by Andy Fickman, director of "Department Police 2", only dropped 6.5% from the previous weekend, and the holiday bonus was particularly obvious. Twenty-four days after its release, the film starring "Xina Zhao" John Cena had a cumulative box office of 39.24 million US dollars, which is about to exceed the 40 million mark. Although the film’s media reputation and audience evaluation appear to be polarized, the trend has exceeded expectations. It is expected that the final impact is expected to hit 50 million US dollars. The film has not yet been released in major overseas markets, and the global box office has temporarily received only 45.38 million US dollars.

The war film "The Battle of Midway" released by Lionsgate was reduced to 2,375 theaters at the weekend, and it received nearly $4 million in three days, falling to eighth on the weekend list. The World War II movie directed by German director Roland Emmerich fell 15.5% from the previous weekend, and the performance during the Thanksgiving holiday was also remarkable. Four weeks after its release, the North American film created based on real historical events has surpassed 50 million U.S. dollars and has easily reached Lionsgate’s stop loss point (after the overseas copyright has offset part of the cost). As of Sunday, the global box office of the film has reached 118 million US dollars, of which my country's mainland market contributed nearly 40 million US dollars. The romantic comedy "Last Christmas" released by

Universal was further reduced to 1852 theaters, and it received another $2.01 million in three days, ranking it ninth on the weekend list. The film, directed and produced by Paul Feige of "Bridesmaids", dropped 36% from the previous weekend, and the decline has also narrowed significantly. Four weeks after its release, the film co-starred by "Dragon Mom" ​​Emilia Clarke and "Golden Romance" actor Henry Golding has received a total of $31.69 million and has successfully tied the cost line. As of Sunday, the film's global box office has reached 68 million US dollars, which is expected to hit the triple cost line.

Warner’s crime drama "Joker" was cut to 1,146 theaters over the weekend, and another $1.95 million was collected in three days, making it the top ten for nine consecutive weeks. The film adapted from DC Comics only dropped 26% from the previous weekend. The cumulative box office in North America has reached 330.5 million U.S. dollars. It has successfully surpassed the $330.3 million of the DC team hero movie "Bat vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice". As of Sunday, this "Golden Lion Award" winning work has reached the US$718 million mark overseas, and its global box office has reached US$1.049 billion, which is about to surpass the annual ranking of "Aladdin" (US$1.051 billion). ).

Fox Searchlight released the Olympic film "Jojo Rabbit" in 708 theaters at the weekend and received another 1.22 million US dollars, which has already received 18.3 million US dollars. According to the current trend, this war comedy by Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell can break the US$20 million mark as soon as this week.